The heartbroken mother of a woman who died after giving birth at Northwick Park Hospital has vowed she will bring the maternity unit to justice.

The heartbroken mother of a woman who died after giving birth at Northwick Park Hospital has vowed she will bring the maternity unit to justice.

Beverley Reid, of Kenton Lane, Harrow, believes her daughter Chantel was a victim of the maternity unit and wants it to be shut down.

But on Tuesday an independent report which investigated the death of her daughter concluded the hospital was not to blame.

The Observer broke the news to Mrs Reid who says she is now prepared to take legal action against the hospital. She said: "I am totally devastated but I am not going to listen to what this report has to say.

"I am going to do whatever I can to make sure the truth comes out and I will take them to court. My family and I have already spoken to lawyers and we will continue to fight for justice.

"I have attended meetings at the hospital and was told more could have been done to save Chantel. We were told the wrong set of blood tests was checked. If things had been done correctly then maybe Chantel would be still here."

Chantel Poorman, 25, from Stanmore, died three weeks after giving birth to son Kyean, in June last year. She had two other children, Chantae, five, who started school this week and Chaiann, three.

Chantel was the first of three women to die after giving birth at the hospital over a 10-month period. The report said the deaths of all three women were not the result of deficiencies in care.

Chantel's mother, who now helps bring up her grandchildren, said: "The kids still think their mummy is sleeping and always ask when is she going to wake up. My grandchildren should never have had their mother taken from them. She should have watched her baby girl go off to school this week.

"My family will continue to fight because we never want to think Chantel died in vain. The kids need to know that we fought for their mum."

A spokeswoman for North West London Hospitals NHS Trust said: "We are very sorry to hear that Ms Poorman's family feel that we have not communicated with them about the publication of the report and understand what a difficult time this must be for them.

"We have written to them on two occasions and invited them to meet with us to discuss the report. Should they still wish to meet with us to discuss the report we would be more than happy to do so." [25a0] For more on this story turn to page 3.